Calgary fire crews were called out to the community of Glendale shortly before noon Tuesday to help rescue a recycling truck from a sinkhole.
CFD Public Information Officer Carol Henke says fire crews got the call at around 11:30 a.m. to an alley behind Grove Hill Road.
When they arrived, they found a recycling truck with one wheel stuck in the hole and a break in an oil line on the truck.
Emergency crews on scene told Global News the hole was about two metres across, over a metre deep and filled with water.
A hazmat crew was called in to help stop the leak and clean up the spill.
Henke says a tow truck also had to be called in to extract the recycling truck from the sinkhole.
There were no injuries.
The City of Calgary says emergency repair efforts are underway to restore water service to the 17 homes that have been affected.